No involvement of non-synonymous TLR2 polymorphisms in Japanese leprosy patients

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-49

  Mikita, Naoya ^a   Kanazawa, Nobuo ^a   Ozaki, Motoaki ^b   Kosaka, Maki ^c   Ishii, Norihisa ^d   Nishimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Furukawa, Fukumi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Dermatology   (Japan)

^c National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEPROSY; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 60749135247     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.11.001     Document Type: Letter

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